Script for installing Pimatic and its Dependencies on a fresh Raspbian

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Hello Fellow Members,
what i found might be nice is a tiny shell script doing everything described in the guide by Auto.

This script assumes you have Raspbian freshly installed and The User is named pi.
If you have these Prequisites fullfilled then except accepting the Installation runs on its own.

Reboot and Done.

Copy this Script in your /home/pi execute sudo chmod +x ./PimaticblankRaspbian.sh

Enter ./PimaticblankRaspbian.sh in Commandline -> Hit Return and on we go.

PimaticblankRaspbian.sh
Maybe one finds this useful…

very nice! thx a lot!
i’m going to mention this at the howto!

the only thing that remains is to put in an admin password at the config.

@sevensins Good idea. Thanks for sharing! I would like to suggest to setup a Github repository for the script. This way we can further jointly improve the script and/or create variants of the script. If you want me to setup the repo I am happy to do this. Just let me know.

Question: Why is wiringPI contained in there? I don’t think I have installed it it.

@mwittig I have wiringpi installed to, I use it in a script.
When pimatic is down the script sets a GPIO to low so my heating is turned off.

@mwittig said:

Question: Why is wiringPI contained in there? I don’t think I have installed it it.

for example when installing homeduino gpio solution or DHT sensor plugin.
but i am not sure for what the 433Utils are for? i haven’t installed these.

maybe in future the script could ask whether to install any additional libs?
another thing that should be considered is, whether to set the a default admin password in the config.json and prompt at pimatic startup to change this.
so it would be a nice and easy start of pimatic.

and another thing to be thought about - how are errors handled during installation?
furthermore - what about an option flashing a nano with homeduino as well?
having a little installation menu would be great … maybe possible and nice to have
with the bash tool dialog / here in english

well - so many ideas, so little knowledge

ok, working on it …
first mockup

@leader21 @incmve Thanks for your response. As I am not using the GPIO stuff right now I have not installed “wiringPI”. So, I would considered this as an “add-on package” similar to the 433Utils package.

I really like @leader21 mockup as this will simplify the setup for users with lettle or no Linux-experience. It also provides a nice way of dealing with add-on packages.

@mwittig I agree, most people won’t use it. Maybe @leader21 can add it to the install menu as an option like homeduino…

@incmve said:

Maybe @leader21 can add it to the install menu as an option like homeduino.

let me try some things with the dialog command.
there’s also a possibility for checkboxes as well. maybe i can get it to run. it’s simple bash scripting, but i am not that experienced in programming.
will do my best to tinker a working menu ^^
after that, lets try to improve this together.
give me a day or two. today i’m short in time.

@mwittig said:

I really like @leader21 mockup as this will simplify the setup for users with lettle or no Linux-experience. It also provides a nice way of dealing with add-on packages.

thanks a lot l’ll do my best to get it ready. will try to implement some selections.
with shell scripts and checkboxes it should be working.

Thanks so much everyone. I am really happy you like my Idea.

I Install 433 Utils for Controlling RF Switches using the Command “send 11111 1 1 or 0” for switching cheapo RF Switches directly where no Protocol is implemented.

I Install WiringPi Because again If you already have a PythonScript doing anything Using this Library you can also stick it into Pimatic like Plug 'n Pray. Using the shell-Execute feature of Pimatic.

This is not necessary but with me , i quickly wanted Results, the above made me control My Shutters and Lightswitches in one Aftenoon.

I am actually wondering why there is no Demo Config File wich has like 3 to 4 Rooms defined and one or two rules Plus a Room called Testdevices where there are like Dummy-Shutters and Shell-execute and so on so one can use them after setting up by copy pasting them.

sorry mwittig iwould love you to.

@sevensins said:

I am actually wondering why there is no Demo Config File …

well there is : http://www.pimatic.org/pages/demo/
but actually it’s not really promoted. should change this somehow.
thx. for pointing this out!

guess when i’m done with the installer my next project will be to explain the config.json in howto no. 6.

it’s beginning to take shape

Main Menu

Install Pimatic

Install Homeduino

If installation has been chosen

When aborting by pressing no or pressing esc

it’s not ready yet and still lots of work to do, but i’m getting better in bash scripting more and more ^^ the language of the selection buttons will be in english when finished. at the moment these are translated into the system’s language by default.

at the moment there’s a possibility to install homeduino within the pimatic installation as item 1 or homeduino as update or separate installation on item 2

i’ll try to query the installation of homeduino in item1, so the installer is asking where to install homeduino. it’s not yet done.

what do you think so far?
i’m having some more ideas to implement. let’s see if i can get it to run

Nice work maybe let the homeduino install script check if pimatic is running before installing?

@incmve
yes, indeed this should be implemented by default.

Look what you are doing. Nice 1

almost done folks!
am now up to implement the homeduino upload procedure, then i will release the first version for testing.

hope it will be fine for you

Finally i made it

Installation procedure :
for installing from scratch
sudo apt-get install dialog

sudo apt-get install git

cd /home/pi

sudo git clone https://github.com/leader21/pimatic-installer.git

cd pimatic-installer

sudo bash install

if you want to you can make install executable with
sudo chmod +x install
then start with
./install

Hope some of you will benefit from this.
If there are any issues or ideas - just go ahead and tell me!
I tested it on a raspberry pi a+ (that’s why sometimes you will be prompted with a "keep calm and on a raspberry pi b+, as well as a raspberry pi 2b.

Todo:
adding a query when 433 mhz utills are installed if wiringpi exists.
filling some dialogs with better text
adding more useful programs to the routine
maybe query if pimatic daemon is already running before installation. (but the installer should be for scratch installation so there should be no daemon running usually…)
better README.md

now please go ahead with testing and report back. thx!!

Cheers
lead

@leader21 That’s great. I think it is even possible to wrap-up the preinstall steps into a shell script and “curl execute” it, for example:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leader21/pimatic-installer/master/fullinstall)

See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5735666/execute-bash-script-from-url

@mwittig
i was thinking of something similar for the installer, but then I had the problem that the installation progress bar would not be displayed . could be irritating, if there’s no progress at all but the installation still takes place.